[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Ravena: Art. I, 5-28-1934 as Ord. No. 2; Art. II, 5-28-1934 as Ord. No.
3. Sections 98-9 and 98-28 amended at time of adoption
of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-28-1934 as Ord. No. 2]
No person shall ride, drive or lead any horse, team, cow or
other animal (dogs excepted) upon any sidewalk, or draw, push or convey
anything containing swill, rubbish, offal or other foul matter upon
any sidewalk in said village.
No person shall slide upon any sidewalk on any sleigh, sled
or other object or contrivance.
No person shall, by selling or advertising or displaying goods,
wares or merchandise, occupy or obstruct a sidewalk or cause a crowd
to congregate and obstruct the sidewalks in said village.
A.
No owner or occupant of land or premises adjoining a sidewalk shall
permit any snow, ice, dirt or other encumbrance or obstruction to
remain upon such sidewalk longer than 24 hours after the same shall
have accumulated thereon, but shall remove the same; but when because
of the intensity of the cold, such ice and snow cannot be removed
from such sidewalk, such owner or occupant shall cause said ice and
snow to be strewed with sand, ashes or other materials so that such
sidewalks will be thereby rendered safe to walk upon.
B.
Upon failure of such owner or occupant to comply with this Article,
the Village Board may cause such ice, snow or other materials to be
removed and the expense thereof assessed against the adjoining land.
A.
All sidewalks hereafter constructed or repaired, laid or relaid upon
or along any of the streets, highways, alleys or public places or
grounds in the village shall be so constructed, repaired, laid or
relaid upon and according to the street and sidewalk grades to be
adopted and specified by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ravena.
B.
The expense of the construction and repair of such sidewalks may
be paid 1/2 by the village and 1/2 by the owner or occupant of the
adjoining land, provided that the Board of Trustees may so determine
and the Board of Trustees may cause such sidewalks to be constructed
and repaired and assess upon the adjoining land the portion of the
expense chargeable against the same.
C.
All sidewalks shall be not less than four feet in width and shall
be constructed of concrete, the specifications of which will be furnished
by the Board of Trustees or the Village Forman.
D.
All grading done or sidewalks laid or repaired by the owners of adjoining
land shall be in accordance with the specifications and under the
direction and supervision of the Board of Trustees. Assessments shall
be made and collected and taxes levied as provided in the Village
Law.
No person or persons shall construct any building with a stairway,
piazza, stoop or cellarway projecting into any street or sidewalk
except under permission and regulations of the Board of Trustees;
and all owners or occupants of every building having a stairway, cellarway
or area projecting into any sidewalk shall guard the same at all times
with a good and sufficient cover, railing or barrier.
The owners of land fronting upon the streets of the village
are required to keep the portion of the street between said land and
the center of the street cleaned of rubbish or other accumulations
thereon injurious to the use or appearance thereof.
All awnings shall at all times be maintained at a sufficient
height to allow pedestrians to pass under same with or without umbrellas.
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions
of this Article shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more
than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
[Adopted 5-28-1934 as Ord. No. 3]
No person shall play ball or quoits or aid or assist in playing
any games of ball or quoits, raise or fly any kite or throw snowballs,
sticks or stones in or upon any street, public highway or sidewalk.
No person shall cut down any tree upon any street or public
ground without first obtaining the consent of the Village Foreman.
No person shall girdle, bruise or otherwise willfully injure
any shade or ornamental tree, fence, lamppost or pole in or upon the
street, highway or public grounds or along or adjacent to any sidewalk
or willfully injure or deface any bridge. sidewalk, post or railing
upon or beside any street.
No person or corporation shall erect or cause to be erected
any telegraph, telephone, trolley or electric light poles in or upon
any street, alley, public ground or highway, or string, put up or
operate any wire over or upon the streets, highways or public grounds
or upon, over or in front of any building or buildings, without the
consent of the Board of Trustees of the village.
No person shall permit snow or ice to accumulate upon any building
adjacent to or so that said snow or ice projects over any street or
sidewalk, nor permit snow, ice or water to fall from such buildings
upon any street or sidewalk.
No person shall engage in coasting, riding or sliding upon any
of the streets, highways or public places in the village except at
such times and places as may be fixed by and under regulations adopted
by the Board of Trustees.
No person, persons or corporation shall place or deposit or
cause to be placed or deposited in or upon any street, lane, alley,
highway or public place or grounds any garbage, offal, putrid meat,
slops, filth, manure, dead animals or deleterious or offensive matter.
No person shall place or deposit any ashes or other rubbish
in or upon any street, lane, alley, highway or public place or grounds
except upon the public dump or for the purpose of removal, and in
that case the same must be removed within 24 hours after it has been
so placed.
No person shall cause, authorize or permit any horses, cattle,
sheep, swine or other animals to run at large or be pastured in or
upon the streets, highways, alleys or public grounds.
No person or corporation shall dig or cause to be dug into or
through or across any street, highway, alley, sidewalk or public ground
any trench, ditch or other opening for any purpose without the consent
in writing of the Village Mayor and except under the supervision of
the Village Foreman. All ditches or trenches or other openings shall
at all times be carefully and properly guarded and be lighted at night.
No person shall in any way or manner obstruct, encumber or occupy,
or aid or abet or consent to the obstruction, encumbrance or occupation
of, any part of any street, lane, alley, sidewalk, public highway
or ground, except so far as the same shall be necessary for the erection
or repair of a building or for the grading or improvement of a lot,
and only so long as shall be necessary therefor for the loading or
unloading of wagons and vehicles and for the removal of their contents,
provided always that a passageway shall at all times be kept clear
for travelers and pedestrians and carefully guarded at all times during
the night. No person shall otherwise store or keep any property in
any street at night.
No person shall, by dragging through or along any of the highways,
streets, public places or grounds any logs or other material or commodity,
tear up, damage or injure any such highways, street, public place
or grounds.
No persons shall suffer or permit his or her or their sleigh
or other vehicle to stand or remain on any crosswalk longer than necessary
to pass or cross the same.
No person shall suffer or permit his, her or their sleigh, wagon,
automobile or other vehicle to stand or remain in front of any fire
hydrant of said village.
No person or persons shall suspend or place any goods, wares
or merchandise or other materials in front of his or their store,
shop or house, or put up or maintain any sign or other device so as
to occupy or project over any street or sidewalk, without the permission
by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
No person, persons or corporation owning or occupying any house
or other building shall cause, permit or suffer the water from any
cellar, sink or cesspool, nor the filth from any privy or water closet
connected with such house or building, to be discharged, thrown or
run into any of the streets, highways or alleys of said village, on
the surface or the open gutters thereof; nor shall such water or filth
be conducted into or across any of the said streets or alleys or beneath
the surface thereof except in such places and in such manner as shall
be designated or permitted by the Board of Trustees.
No person or persons or corporation shall construct, build or
maintain any bridge or driveway cross any of the street gutters or
surface watercourses of the village in such manner as to obstruct
or tend to obstruct the free passage of water through the said gutters.
No person shall open any trench for the purpose of making connection
with village sewer or water main until the property owner shall obtain
a written permit therefor from the Village Foreman, which permit shall
be signed by the Mayor.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A section that immediately followed this
section and required plumbers to obtain the consent of the Water Superintendent
for making water and sewer connections has been deleted as currently
covered in the Water and Sewers Chapter.
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions
of this Article shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more
than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
